Category Archives: Warlingham RFC

Player of the year Robshaw leads Quins to final

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

Quite a week for Chris Robshaw. The England rugby captain who began his sports career on the playing fields of Croydon was named Player of the Year in midweek. Yesterday, through sheer force of personality, Robshaw lifted his Harlequins team … Continue reading →

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Warlingham old boy Hart forced by injury to retire from Wasps

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Sport is a fickle master: just months after local rugby club Warlingham was celebrating the promotion to the England captaincy of Chris Robshaw comes news that another Hamsey Green old boy, London Wasps captain John Hart, has been forced to … Continue reading →

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England captain Robshaw returns to his grassroots

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

England’s rugby captain, Chris Robshaw, is going back to his grassroots on Sunday, with a special visit to his first rugby club, Warlingham. With England having the weekend off from Six Nations action, flank forward Robshaw, now the highly successful … Continue reading →

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Warlingham in mourning after death of popular Paul Anderson

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

It will be a bittersweet weekend at Warlingham rugby club, with many members having been looking forward to see old boy Chris Robshaw lead out England at Headquarters, Twickenham, for the first time on Saturday. One of those who assuredly … Continue reading →

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Hooker’s life story that will make you fancy a ruck

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

Bruised and battered, STEVEN DOWNES reviews a local author’s new book which holds some painful memories This weekend will properly demonstrate how sport can go from the sublime to the ridiculous, barely pausing for breath along the way. This evening, … Continue reading →

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Robshaw confirmed as England rugby captain

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

As first predicted by Inside Croydon, Chris Robshaw was confirmed today as the next captain of the England rugby team. The former Cumnor House schoolboy and Warlingham RFC junior player will lead out the England team in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup … Continue reading →

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It’s scrum time for Ken, Boris… and for Brian Paddick

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

STEVEN GAUGE is a former Croydon council LibDem candidate who helped run Nick Clegg‘s election campaign in 2010. Now he is working on the 2012 London Assembly elections, in between getting in a ruck with what was once Surrey’s second-worst … Continue reading →

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Former Warlingham player Robshaw waits on England decision

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

It is looking increasingly likely that the next captain of the England rugby team may be a young man who learned to play the game on school playing fields off Pampisford Road in South Croydon and with a local club … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Robshaw leads Quins to European silverware

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

Congratulations to Chris Robshaw, the former Cumnor House schoolboy and Warlingham rugby club junior player, who last night led Harlequins to a nail-biting 19-18 win in the European Challenge Cup final over Stade Francais in Cardiff. Inside Croydon flagged up … Continue reading →

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Exclusive interview: England rugby captain, Chris Robshaw

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

Chris Robshaw and George Chuter’s England rugby team went down fighting in a thrilling 35-28 unofficial rugby Test against the New Zealand Maori in Napier this morning. Robshaw, who was born in Croydon, and hooker Chuter, who attended Trinity School, … Continue reading →

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